Cinnabar is a mineral with bright red appearance, and red has always been a symbol of auspiciousness and celebration in China traditional culture, so many people in our country wear red objects on holidays. In addition, cinnabar also symbolizes wealth and splendor. It has been used in China for thousands of years. Emperors of past dynasties will use cinnabar to write approvals, and emperors will also use cinnabar to approve champions.
When a friend opens a new store, he can send cinnabar, which means that his business is booming and his wallet is bulging. On the occasion of housewarming, you can also give cinnabar, which means wishing each other a rich life, no disease and no disaster, and full of blessings. Cinnabar has a history of thousands of years, and people praise it as the blood of the earth and the soul of nature.
Identification method of cinnabar
To identify cinnabar, you can heat it with white paper, put it on white paper, and then heat it from under the white paper. The real cinnabar will turn black, and it will return to its original color when it leaves the flame, and the white paper will not be dyed. False cinnabar will not recover its color after leaving the flame, and the white paper will be dyed red.
In addition, cinnabar can also be identified by wrapping and heating with tin foil. Real cinnabar wrapped in tin foil will turn brown first and then black, accompanied by sonic boom. After liquefaction, it will be gelatinous, and after cooling, it will leave honeycomb traces. The fake cinnabar wrapped in tin foil turns black only when heated, and there will be no other changes.